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README.Txt: A Memoir by Chelsea Manning

13 reviews

mittenz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

A very straightforward telling of the events around one of the most significant leaks of classified information during the Iraq war. Manning does a good job of explaining how her experiences drove her to make the decisions she made leading up to the leaks and throughout her time in military prison.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, and War

spike1478's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was a very interesting read about a amazing women. It was sad at times but it was written in such a way that it made you feel like you were there with her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

rat_girly's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Harrowing, impactful, inspiring. Gave me a lot to think about, especially considering the US funded atrocities happening in Palestine at the moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Police brutality, Dysphoria, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Sexual harassment

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

intensely readable but i would have liked more. fuck the DOD for the redactions. the craziest part is that they PUT HER BACK IN JAIL for another year, not mentioned in the book. the injustice she faced/faces is so flagrant you almost forget the US has a constitution meant to protect against it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Blood

nevial's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, and War

eli99's review against another edition

dark emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

Every young civilian working on DOD contracts should read this especially if they're LGBT. 

Very insightful to something that was going at the same time as my youth that I didn't understand at the time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and War

martinza's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

She is so cool!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and War

ell_n's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Death of parent

cimmalex's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

2.25

I’m not sure what was going on with the narration, but you could tell where a passage started and stopped. Whoever did the editing did a really poor job. It kind of ruined the listening experience

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and War

lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Gaslighting